Environmental Law & Justice Clinic Faculty and Staff

ELJC Faculty

• Deborah Behles
• Helen Kang

ELJC Staff

Amy S. Cohen is the campaign director for the Bay Area Environmental Health Collaborative (BAEHC), which is supported in part by The San Francisco Foundation. She became a fellow and staff attorney with the Clinic in 2002, after graduating from Golden Gate University School of Law with a specialization in Public Interest and Environmental Law. She is an active member of the State Bar of California. As BAEHC campaign director, she coordinates all aspects of the BAEHC project including policy development.

Fe Gonzalez is the Clinic's program assistant. Before joining us in June 2002, Fe worked for 22 years at Aboitiz & Co. as a paralegal and legal secretary for a consortium of shipping companies in the Philippines. She earned her Associate Degree at Philippine Christian University.

Ken Kloc is ELJC's environmental analyst, supporting the legal staff on Clinic projects and helping student clinicians with the technical aspects of their case-work. Ken has broad experience in the field of environmental science and health, including health risk assessment, regulatory analysis, air pollution modeling, and environmental GIS mapping. He provides technical assistance to our clients on scientific matters at hearings and in meetings with agency representatives. He holds a Ph.D. in chemistry and a Master's degree in public health from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Lucas Williams is ELJC's Graduate Fellow. Lucas graduated from Golden Gate University School of Law with honors in 2008. While he was a student at the law school, he participated in the Clinic, where he represented the Karuk Tribe, and he was the Environmental Law Society's President. Lucas received the 2008 Academic Excellence in Environmental Law Award from the law school.